Five months after a Texas toddler went missing, her parents are now facing harassment as they try to cope with their daughterâs abduction.
Lina Sardar Khil was 3 at the time of her disappearance on Dec. 20, according to KENS-TV.
San Antonio Police say they continue to receive leads on the case, but for now, the girlâs parents have called off searches that used to enlist volunteers to hunt for the toddler.
Pam Allen, CEO of Eagles Flight Advocacy and Outreach, initially helped the parents organize vigils and searches.
âWe have people that are stalking us that go on these searches, that film us, take pictures of us and come up with different stories,â Allen said regarding the cease in searches, according to Fox News. âWe just donât want to do those types of searches anymore.â
Riaz and Zarmeena Sardar Khil are expecting another child and have pulled back from public view. Allen said not only has the family been harassed, but they have been threatened, according to KENS-TV.
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Allen explained that âkeyboard warriorsâ are claiming the parents are responsible, saying âThings directed at them because theyâre Afghani and because theyâre Muslim. Thatâs harsh.â
â assisted our military forces when we were ⊠We brought him over here to make sure his family is safe. Then this happens,â she said.
Project Absentis, which helps with cases of abduction, is stepping up, Abel Pena, private investigator for Project Absentis, said.
âWeâre doing everything pro-bono,â Pena said. âWe might generate additional leads and be able to get other people to be able to talk to us that donât feel comfortable talking to law enforcement.â
Pena said the group is trying to compile a timeline that extends before the girlâs disappearance.
âWeâre not just looking at the day of, but weâre trying to go back a couple of days at least and see what anomalies were out there, perhaps in the neighborhood,â Pena said. âMaybe people in the area that people didnât recognize as being from the area.â
Pena said itâs unclear whether the girl remains alive.
âItâs really difficult to say. I want to lean towards being optimistic and lean towards her being alive,â Pena said.
Police have said the case is still a missing persons case because no evidence has shown that the girl was abducted.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.